Found this interesting article posted recently by Jason Kunz and just wallowing in the Linkedin mud (HERE): The Zero Safety Paradox This is instalment four in a twelve-part series on the future of … [Read more...] about The Zero Safety Paradox
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The Paradox of Conformity and the Challenge for New Ideas
The Dynamics of Conformity The pressure to conform is the underlying dynamic of belonging to a group. If you don’t conform you soon become part of an out-group or shift to another in-group. … [Read more...] about The Paradox of Conformity and the Challenge for New Ideas
Coping With Paradox and Ambiguity in Safety
One of the temptations of working in safety is to portray a ‘wicked problem’ as black and white, simple and easy (https://safetyrisk.net/risk-and-safety-as-a-wicked-problem/ ). A wicked problem is any … [Read more...] about Coping With Paradox and Ambiguity in Safety
The Compliance Conundrum
The challenge of compliance is also a challenge to critical thinking, this is one of the many paradoxes in risk and safety. When we comply or an organization seeks compliance this is all well … [Read more...] about The Compliance Conundrum
The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”
The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” Guest Post by Danny Fay As part of my assignment in Unit 5 of the Diploma in Social Psychology of Risk, I am evaluating the paradox of “Lifesaving Rules” against … [Read more...] about The Paradox of “Lifesaving Rules”
Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox
Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox “Happy New Year! I hope that for you and your family, it is a year of much happiness, health and success!” This salutation, and many versions of it, flood … [Read more...] about Happy New Year and the ‘Good Life’ Paradox
Safety Hits a Snag
Safety Hits a Snag The media and social media in Australia recently lit up over the overcooked Bunnings directive that sausage sizzle volunteers must place onions beneath the sausages in order to … [Read more...] about Safety Hits a Snag
Safety, mental health and the safety paradox
It's great to see such a focus on mental health at the moment and the activities being conducted for RU OK day etc. However, I do wonder if perhaps we are over doing it and if such an overt, … [Read more...] about Safety, mental health and the safety paradox
